Photosensitive digital output apparatus operative by clock movement

Claim 1

APPARATUS COMPRISING TWO SHAFTS, RATCHET WHEELS FIXED ON SAID SHAFTS, A CAM, AN ARM EXTENDING ADJACENT SAID WHEELS AND ENGAGING SAID CAM, PAWLS ON SAID ARM AND ALIGNED WITH SAID WHEELS TO ENGAGE THE SAME, MEANS ENGAGING SAID ARM TO URGE THE PAWLS INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE WHEELS, SAID WHEELS INCLUDING EVENLY SPACED PERIPHERAL TEETH HAVING GROOVES THEREBETWEEN TO RECEIVE THE ASSOCIATED PAWLS, ALL BUT ONE OF THE GROOVES ON ONE OF THE WHEELS BEING OF DEPTH RELATIVE TO THE ASSOCIATED PAWL TO MAINTAIN THE OTHER PAWL FREE OF THE ASSOCIATED WHEEL, SAID ONE GROOVE BEING OF A DEPTH TO PERMIT ENGAGEMENT OF SAID OTHER PAWL WITH THE ASSOCIATED WHEEL, A MOTOR COUPLED TO AND DRIVING SAID CAM DISC ON SAID SHAFTS TO ROTATE THEREWITH, EACH DISC BEING PROVIDED WITH TIME DESIGNNATIONS, AND MEANS TO INSPECT SAID DESIGNATIONS AND GENERATE ELECTRICAL SIGNALS CORRESPONDING THEREWITH; SAID DESIGNATIONS BEING IN THE FORM OF RADIAL ARRAYS OF HOLES, THE LATTER SAID MEANS COMPRISING RADIAL ARRAYS OF LAMPS AND PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS FIXED ADJACENT SAID DISC TO INSPECT SAID HOLES; SAID APPARATUS FURTHER COMPRISING MEANS TO ADJUST SAID LAMPS AND CELLS.